The only truly terrible retail experience I’ve ever had was at the Space-Tech store: it was years ago when I was just starting in this hobby, and the owner ripped me off by charging about triple the going rate for several used items I bought from him (none of which had prices displayed at the time).

Highly recommend you check out comparable items elsewhere, before committing to buy anything from him.

Personally, I’ve heard okay-to-decent reviews of the gear he builds from people who’ve owned it - but his prices are astronomical for what you seem to be getting IMHO. Some very nice gear from reputable manufacturers is comparably priced versus his very homemade-looking stuff. And as Stone mentioned, the WAF is almost universally nonexistent with his gear.

Just an impression but the place is overall quite small yet has a confusing amount of options available. It just comes across as a jack-of-all-trades. Coupled with that the hyperbolic attributes, apparent "discounts" to retailer MSRP, the ridiculous re-stocking fees...I just don't get the appeal. I can imagine what resale value is like as well. Albert responded quite thoroughly to my email awhile back but in terms of actual information, there wasn't a lot but just more flowery prose about why everyone else sucks.

It would be really nice to rip one apart and see what guts are actually in there.

As skeptical and pessimistic as I am, I honestly have not heard one so take my comments with a grain of salt.

100 watts from a single 845 per side with no output transformer (OTL)? I am not aware of any other manufacturer offering this. Very interesting. Anyone know how they can do this? Anyone heard this amp?

It would be really nice to rip one apart and see what guts are actually in there.

As skeptical and pessimistic as I am, I honestly have not heard one so take my comments with a grain of salt.

A while back at one of The local BHD meets we had a guy with a Space Tech Preamp and Amplifier show up. Of course me being the snoop I am had a look at the guts and they were nothing special, In fact, they look about as good as the exteriors but the sound was VERY engaging and extremely open sounding. I had my VTA-70 there that day and I'd say the VTA sounded better overall but it lacked the low end punch of the Space Tech gear. Personally I think it's good stuff with poor execution and I know of many pieces that fall into that category. Also resale was mentioned, I'd hazard to guess that the resale value will not be good and probably even worse than some Chi-Fi gear that's floating around. If you're buying it for life, it's a good deal. In our hobby, something better usually comes along and that's when upgrade-itis hits and you lose your value by buying new. By all means buy hand built gear second hand if you can and minimize the hit should you want to sell it down the road.

100 watts from a single 845 per side with no output transformer (OTL)? I am not aware of any other manufacturer offering this. Very interesting. Anyone know how they can do this? Anyone heard this amp?

I'm curious about that as well..I do have a Space Tech pre, and Super Rectifier, there is something very captivating about it, many people have heard it in my system and agree..+ if you like tube rolling, nothing beats it.

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